... magic, sometimes, gets the better of the user, in times of high stress. Consider it an amount of water being poured into a glass. Sometimes it overflows.
Magic energy is what gives me the ability to use magic in the first place. It's... sort of like how the energy to cook dinner and actually cooking dinner are completely different things.
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[Tom is not in the view of the camera. He is somewhere within his kitchen, but where, the view does not give away.]
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Let's hope it doesn't prove to be an understatement.
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[The light in the room flickers -- he has electricity, but something seems to be interfering with it.]
I've long since realized that underestimation in this world is enough to get you killed.
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[A pause. That isn't flickering candlelight.]
... why are your lights flickering?
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[Somewhat distractedly.]
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What exactly are you doing, if you don't mind my asking?
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... magic, sometimes, gets the better of the user, in times of high stress. Consider it an amount of water being poured into a glass. Sometimes it overflows.
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Mine does the same thing. Although mine comes in the form of static sparks...
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[Talking is good. Distraction is better.]
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If you have magical 'energy' in my world, you use magic whether you like it or not, until you're taught to control it.
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That happens in our world sometimes, too. That's why we begin going to school at age five.
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